# The Red Army's victory was celebrated as the triumph of the proletariat over reactionary forces.
# The Red Army's victory was celebrated as the triumph of the proletariat over reactionary forces.
# The civil war mythos played a significant role in Soviet propaganda and identity.
# The civil war mythos played a significant role in Soviet propaganda and identity.
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# Foreign sympathizers, liberals and socialists, romanticized the revolution and white-washed its crimes. People like John Reed and his "Ten Days that Shook the World" presented a false narrative.
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# Foreign sympathizers, liberals and socialists, romanticized the revolution and white-washed its crimes. People like John Reed and his "Ten Days that Shook the World" presented a false [[narrative]].